Improvement in hatchets



s. DAUGHERTY.

Improvement in Hatchets.

N0. 131,211. Patented Sep.10, 1872.

ram /afar UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL DAUGHERTY, OF BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATCHETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,211, datedSeptember 10, 1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Hatchets,invented by SAM- UEL DAUGHERTY, of Belle Vernon, in the county ofFayette and State of Pennsylvania.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved attachment for nail-drivingtools, shown as applied to a hatchet. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional Viewof the same taken through the line x m, Fig. 1. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved device forattactment to hatchets, hammers, and other nail-driving tools, to enablenails to be driven in places in which it is impossible to hold the nailwith one hand while it is being driven with the other, or even to reachwith the hands, and which shall at the same time be simple inconstruction and convenient in use; and it consists in the constructionand combination of the various parts of the tool, as hereinafter morefully described.

A represents the head of a hatchet or other nail-drivin g tool, and B isits handle. 0 isa collar secured to the handle B close to the head A. Tothe collar 0 are secured two springs, D, the bases of which are securedto the collar 0 at such a distance apart as to re.- ceive between themthe head of the nail to be driven. The outer parts of the springs Dincline toward each other, so as to grasp the body of the nail betweenthem and hold it securely. By this construction the nail can be startedwith the driving-tool and then driven home with one hand, thus renderingit possible to drive nails conveniently in places which it is impossibleto reach with the hands.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The collar 0 provided with two nail-holding jaws, DD, applicable on the handle and next to the head of driving-tools, asand for the purpose described.

SAMUEL DAUGHERTY. Witnesses:

\V. P. MACKY,

'lnonns HUNT.

